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Golden Cockerel Press.- Musaeus. Hero & Leander, translated by F.L.Lucas, number 87 of 100 specially-bound copies signed by the translator and artist and with an additional engraving, from an edition limited to 500, engraved frontispiece, pictorial title and illustrations by John Buckland Wright, most full-page, light browning and a few spots to frontispiece and title, Anthony Reid's copy with his bookplates by Buckland Wright, original pictorial vellum, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with figures of Hero and Leander by Buckland Wright in gilt on upper & lower covers respectively, t.e.g., others uncut, cloth slip-case, [Cock-a-Hoop 183; Reid A54a], 8vo, Golden Cockerel Press, 1949.

⁂ Anthony Reid, author of A Check-list of the Book Illustrations of John Buckland Wright, together with a Personal Memoir, PLA, 1968.

Lot 116

Golden Cockerel Press.- Musaeus. Hero & Leander, one of 100 specially-bound copies with an additional engraving by John Buckland Wright, Golden Cockerel Press, 1949.  

Hammer Price: £1,100

Description

Golden Cockerel Press.- Musaeus. Hero & Leander, translated by F.L.Lucas, number 87 of 100 specially-bound copies signed by the translator and artist and with an additional engraving, from an edition limited to 500, engraved frontispiece, pictorial title and illustrations by John Buckland Wright, most full-page, light browning and a few spots to frontispiece and title, Anthony Reid's copy with his bookplates by Buckland Wright, original pictorial vellum, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with figures of Hero and Leander by Buckland Wright in gilt on upper & lower covers respectively, t.e.g., others uncut, cloth slip-case, [Cock-a-Hoop 183; Reid A54a], 8vo, Golden Cockerel Press, 1949.

⁂ Anthony Reid, author of A Check-list of the Book Illustrations of John Buckland Wright, together with a Personal Memoir, PLA, 1968.

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